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went for cabin-fever curing walk, now off to litter pick along my route to the station.

going to try to ebay some of my comics stash. At least the vaguely saleable bits. Given that I haven't ebayed anything in years, this is a bit nervous. I know it's just a matter of getting back into the flow, but still.

Just wish I'd kept up the pattern that I used to do - ten issues go by, dump on ebay as it's a nice size. I'd not have any more money, but I would have more space.

eyeing various skechers on schuh sale. damn you, [personal profile] fairyd123.
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In process of deleting stuff off work comp and home comp - things I'm never going to listen to/watch, stuff that's 'er...what?', old versions of programs, etc. 2gb off the home comp already.

Fandom facepalm with a side order of irritation/sandbox pouty.

Someone did the 'oh, I've compiled a comprehensive lj comm guide for the fandom on this page because there isn't one!'

Me : :jawdrop: '....YOU MEAN THE COMM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR MONTHS THAT LISTS MOST OF THESE ALREADY?'

...and someone told her about it in the comments and she's added it to the 'general fandom' list. Gaaaaaah.
Also doing a bit of a teeth grind because she's listed several that have no content yet that I specifically hadn't added because of this.

This is me, being really fucking pouty and going 'damn newbies, get off my lawn'. Think more advertising may be necessary. Question is, *where*?

Off to see Milk. Look, an Oscar-nominated film I want to *watch*! (and not to mention : indie within reach of me that's not Leicester Square prices!)
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Look : smudged eyeliner, messy curls that've got hair product in to stay that way, etc.

Mid-morning : grabbing people and going 'augh, does this look like just a mess or a *calculated* mess?'

So far the consensus is calculated mess that works. phew. And now that the paranoia moment has passed, I'm fine with it.

Listened to the new track from Prodigy, 'Omen'. Consensus : meh. Doesn't really sound like much, no decent hook, nothing to distinguish it from any other group. Boys, this is no 'Breathe', 'Voodoo People' or 'Firestarter'.

Hmm. In the ongoing quest to free up storage space, I just realised I've got 2/3 shelf of videos. Some, unfortunately, I don't have dvd duplicates of (Laurence Fishburne/Branagh Othello, come out on R2 dvd already!) but I believe I should be able to safely ditch stuff like Best of Father Ted.

btw : I implore you to watch Todd Carty's Dancing on Ice ...performance. A man who manages to be even more shite at ice skating than John Sargeant's attempt at ballroom dancing. They actually made a *feature* of it in the choreography. scores from the judges of 1.0 and 2.0, but *they're* crying with laughter - which makes them look like good sports unlike the Strictly Come Dancing lot.
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Listening to Zorro musical st. Which was recorded live at one of the performances (they keep audience clapping in to prove this on the end of tracks). I frowned and went 'you know, this seems a bit lifeless compared to what I remember...' and went on youtube, listened to the trailer track the production put up there and the *single* bootleg one - and yeah, lo and behold, whoever was doing the editing did bland it. it's really, really noticeable on Emma William's (Luisa) numbers - which is seriously annoying considering this is one of the few cds that exist with her on it. You wouldn't notice if you hadn't seen it live.

:sigh: (though since parents requested to listen to the cd last night, i'm one step closer to getting them to see it...)

unclutter - pair of sandals and a cord skirt that mum picked up from oxfam and still has the oxfam price tag attached..

In other news, boss has got enthusiastic about a new toy, yammer, which we're supposed to update with whatever we're doing. I ignored it for several days, and am now taking the passive aggressive route by spamming it with *everything* I'm doing. 'tapping desk waiting for outlook's search functions' 'moving emails to another folder' 'replying to author' 'pasting correct info into xml editor'
burntcopper: (opulence nekkid)
Uncluttering. huh. really need to go through my cds and strip the ones out where I like precisely two songs on the entire album and rip those to my mp3 player - Christina Aguilera, I'm looking at you....

Thundercats fan-made live action trailer WHY MUST THEY TORMENT US SO? I'm even absolutely fine with all the casting. Brad Pitt as Lion-o? Vin Diesel as Panthro? Hugh Jackman as Tygra? (my only beef is Gigi Edgley would be shorter than whoever they cast as the Kittens if she was cast as Cheetara) FINE. NOW GIMME.

Dammit. Done that thing of going round youtube to try the other songs by someone whose single you liked... and found that that's their only standout one - all the others are kinda blah. That and the frightening of what a musician looked like before they got styled for the video that the record company decided to promote heavily. Sometimes, enforced makeovers are a good thing, shallow and PR-laden they may be.
Listening to Live Lounge covers on youtube. Which a) proves if a song can stand on its own without the singer, and b) proves that even a really good voice can't do some songs.

Adele. Really. Don't ever do Black and Gold again. Katy Perry, on the other hand, could have had it written for her...
burntcopper: (sa working here)
new trailer for Being Human. (which may not be available outside the UK)

Being cautiously optimistic/hopeful. I know, no Guy Flanagan and no Andrea Riseborough, which is severe of the pouty, but the new bods look interesting. We're speculating that they may be going more black comedy than drama with the new series. Fingers crossed, anyway.

Trying out knock-off uggs. Toasty toes. They'd probably be better if they were half a size smaller, and there's that thing where you're learning to walk in a new style of shoe. Doesn't help that I'm wearing the socks that have a habit of falling down to my toes in boots.

Uncluttering : threw out a bunch of very deceased nail polish. chucked several old perfume bottles into the recycling since the perfume in them was off. pair of shoes that've never fit me and a makeup bag that came free're off to oxfam.

Debating whether to go theatre tonight. Twelfth Night? Joseph? Treasure Island?

ETA : Got the last standing ticket for £10 for Twelfth Night w/ Derek Jacobi.
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signed up to [livejournal.com profile] unclutter_2009

Dunno how long it'll last, but making an effort to declutter in general. Space. Stuff that collects dust.

I already made the resolution last autumn to not buy dvds I'm not going to watch, even if they are on sale.

1st jan : went through jewellery boxes, pulled out all the stuff from my teens I'm never going to wear again.

2nd Jan : my family're already recycling junkies, but it always surprises me how many bits of random packaging and receipts and clothing tags you can unearth from odd corners of your room. recycling and bin. two bloody bag's worth, it turns out....

3rd jan : remember how I went from a 34B to a 30DD? I was poking around in my underwear draw and.... oh christ. my bras are still in there. I heard Oxfam will take them, so there they go...

maybe I'll even manage to do a massive ebay on my comics sometime.

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